Development Advice Programme Officer

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Development Advice Programme Officer.

We need you to join The Development Advice teams and support Regions Group’s unique and respected national role to identify, explain, protect and care for the historic environment, providing influential advice on the management of change to historic sites, buildings and places across the country.   We do this by ensuring our advice is informed, authoritative, creative and consistent.  We help shape historic places for the public good so that the historic environment plays its role in making vital places for people now and in the future.   

National salary range:

£36,603 - £38,400 pro-rata

Greater London + salary range:

£39,408 - £41,300 pro-rata

Inner London salary range:

£40,748 - £42,700 pro-rata

What you will be doing:

The role of the Programme Officer is to support the Head of Development Advice in the oversight of Development Advice work and to work as a member of the Central Team.  It encompasses both helping to ensure that the work of Development Advice teams is carried out to agreed standards and targets, and creating and supporting or implementing a wide-ranging process of review and improvement.  The Programme Officer will enable this work and take an active part in all aspects of it, working with colleagues across the country.   

 The Programme Officer is responsible for supporting a broad programme of improvement for Development Advice.  The Programme Officer will support the work of the Development Advice Forum; ensure effective monitoring of contentious casework; create and maintain systems and methods to enable continuous improvement; implement a continuing programme of review for desk instructions; support the achievement of performance against Group targets; and maintain relationships with relevant colleagues across Historic England.  

Please note that the role: 

• may require visiting/inspecting sites which is likely to require climbing scaffolding and negotiating confined space (e.g. Church roofs, etc.) 

• may require occasional attendance at external meetings which could be held at evenings or weekends. 

 Who we are looking for:

• Relevant qualification or experience of Development Advice work, in the public, private or third sector 

• Analysis of complex information

• Project management

• Proven communication skills al all levels

• Knowledge of historic environment and the planning system

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.